The SECGov is instructing its examiners to pay special attention this year to how its registered broker-dealers and investment advisers are offering crypto assets to investors, the agency said. jesseahamilton reports
The SEC-registered investment firms offering or advising about cryptocurrencies will be a focus, and the regulator will make sure the companies “followed their respective standards of care when making recommendations, referrals, or providing investment advice,” according to a statement.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who has long viewed most cryptocurrencies as being securities that need registration, said these priorities for the examination division aim to protect investors “in a time of growing markets, evolving technologies, and new forms of risk.” The annual priorities differ from last year’s, which included a more brief section on crypto that also focused on the “custody arrangements” for digital assets. Registered investment advisers have reportedly beenthey may include in their self-administered retirement accounts.
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